Nelle Harper Lee
published To Kill A Mockingbird in 1960

To Kill A
Mockingbird by Harper Lee won the Pulitzer Prize for fiction

Harper Lee has passed away
at the age of 89. She was born on 28 April 1926. She wrote To Kill A
Mockingbird in 1960. It turned out to be an international bestseller during
that period. Over 50 million copies were sold worldwide. Her death has been
confirmed formally by the mayor’s office. She was living in Monroeville,
Alabama. Her complete name is Nelle Harper Lee. Her novel To Kill A Mockingbird
was well acclaimed by critics. On commercial front also the novel was a huge
success. That way it did tremendously well on both fronts. It became popular
all across the globe. The US writer became a well-known entity in no time. Her
father Amasa Coleman Lee was a lawyer by profession. She was the youngest of
four children. She was quite close to her mother Frances Cunningham Finch Lee.
She was quite reserved in nature. She preferred to stay isolated and was a
private person. She was never after fame and usually avoided giving interviews.

She is acknowledged as a
great writer in literary
circles. She possessed a superb intellect and was a brilliant person. There
are a number of bookstores exclusively dedicated to her work. She was quite
frank in her opinions. She is said to be ahead of the world. The world was not
ready to absorb the truths she presented through her brilliant work. Monroeville
will be missing her for long as she was among the most respected and protected
personalities there. She has created a void with her absence. She always put
conscience on top of everything. She has in fact, written a sequel to To Kill A
Mockingbird that was revealed in 2015. It was titled as Go Set A Watchman and
was published in the same year. The news made many bookshops in the United
States remain open all night due to heavy demand of her novels. The astonishing
fact about these two books is that Go Set A Watchman was written before To Kill
A Mockingbird. The former book’s events start after 20 years where the latter
ended. There are few common characters in both the books like Atticus Finch and
her daughter Scout.

Initially there were
certain confusions created soon after To Kill A Mockingbird was published in
1960. It was stated to carry some racist views in its story. Probably the world
took some time to understand the real Harper Lee, her frankness, openness and
sharp talent. The book talks about issues of biases towards various races and
discrimination among various classes in society. It also highlighted societies
and people loosing virtuousness. Her work is highly acclaimed all across the
globe. Harper Lee was honoured with the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2007
by George Bush.